Affliction Warlock DPS Vault of the Incarnates Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.1
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Affliction Warlock for each boss of the following raid: Vault of the Incarnates. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.1.
Introduction
Disclaimer: The below information is based on Beta testing; as such, some mechanics may change on the Live version. This page will be continuously updated to reflect any alteration that may occur.
In this section, you will find information for each boss in Vault of the Incarnates as a Affliction Warlock. These are not complete encounter guides but provide specific tips for any Affliction Warlock on each boss.
Affliction Warlock Talents in Vault of the Incarnates
Listed below is the default talent setup recommended for the raid. However, if a boss requires a substantially different setup, it will be mentioned in the respective section.
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Eranog
The standard talent configuration listed at the top of this page is suggested.
Tips
Two phases boss with some cleave and a single target burst requirement.
Shadowfury can be used to stun the adds after they spawn.
Demonic Circle can also be used to trivialize some movements and to
move outside of the ring of fire in phase 2.
For more information, please refer to our Eranog guide.
Terros
A pure single target-oriented build is suggested:
Tips
Single target encounter.
Warlock innate passive damage mitigation and abilities
like Dark Pact and
Unending Resolve can be used for great
effect during damage events such as
Rock Blast.
Make sure to have preplaced Demonic Gateway to assist with the
movement requirement of
Resonating Annihilation.
For more information, please refer to our Terros guide.
The Primal Council
Sustained cleave build is suggested:
Tips
Council fight with a single phase and four targets.
Dark Pact and/or
Unending Resolve can be used when
soaking
Meteor Axes to mitigate the damage.
Touch the pool of fire once when you have 5 stacks of the debuff
during Primal Blizzard.
Sennarth, the Cold Breath
A primarily single target build with Wrath of Consumption is suggested.
Tips
Two phases single target boss with frequent adds.
Demonic Circle can nullify both
Gossamer Burst
and
Repelling Burst when timed correctly.
Generally, try to keep Unstable Affliction on the boss and tag adds
with
Agony to gain additional resources.
Drain Soul should
also be used to snipe shards.
In phase two, Affliction has no real AoE burst to
handle Suffocating Webs, but simply tagging them will
trigger
Soul Flame.
Due to frequent adds spawning there is opportunity for extremely high
uptime on Wrath of Consumption.
Dathea, Ascended
Opt out of Soul Flame in favour of
Inevitable Demise.
Tips
Single phase boss with multiple adds.
Demonic Circle can trivialise
Cyclone mechanic.
Dark Pact and eventually
Unending Resolve can
mitigate
Conductive Mark damage.
For more information, please refer to our DatheaAscended guide.
Kurog Grimtotem
A primarily single target build with Soul Rot
and
Inevitable Demise cleave is suggested.
Tips
Two phases single target encounter with occasional adds.
Use Dark Pact and
Unending Resolve to
mitigate
Absolute Zero if required.
Pool resources for when the boss will hit phase 2 at 66% and 33% of HP when 2 elemental will spawn and need to be burned down as quickly as possible.
For more information, please refer to our Kurog Grimtotem guide.
Broodkeeper Diurna
A more cleave oriented version of the baseline build, opting
for Soul Rot and
Inevitable Demise:
Tips
Single phase encounter with few adds present for most of the encounter.
Dark Pact and
Unending Resolve can mitigate the damage
of
Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper or
Clutchwatcher's Rage
when cracking open multiple eggs.
Icy Shroud movement penalty can be bypassed by
both
Burning Rush and
Demonic Circle particularly when used
with
Soulburn.
Mortal Coil can be used to help lower the
healing absorption.
For more information, please refer to our Broodkeeper Diurna guide.
Raszageth the Storm-Eater
A single target build with Sow the Seeds to handle intermission adds
is suggested.
Tips
Three-phase single target boss with some adds during the two Intermissions.
Demonic Circle can solve lot of movement requirements in the fight,
such as
Hurricane Wing and
Static Charge.
While cooldown management can vary between different groups due to total
raid DPS, it is important to pool resources for Focused Charge at
the beginning of phase 2.
Cycling defensive cooldowns will help alleviate the pressure on healers so
make good use of Dark Pact,
Unending Resolve and consider
even spending a
Soulburn on
Healthstone
or
Drain Life in a dire situation.
Proactively placing a Demonic Gateway can
trivialise
Magnetic Charge in the last phase, especially during
dangerous overlaps with
Lightning Breath.
For more information, please refer to our Raszageth the Storm-Eater guide.
Changelog
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Talents updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 24 Dec. 2022: Updated talent suggestions.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Page added.
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This guide has been written by Motoko, Warlock main since The Burning Crusade, co-admin in the Warlock Discord, and theorycrafter and contributor for LockOneStopShop.
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